But the impression of good times is no more real than a stage set.

但对这一美好时光的感受就像舞台布景一样变得不再真实。

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He was as embarrassed as a schoolboy making his first entry on a stage at a prize-giving, and he spoke abruptly so as to give the impression of a strength he did not possess.

他就像一个初次登台领奖的小学生一样窘迫不安，他说起话来粗鲁无礼，似乎要显示一种他并不具备的力量。

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With 45 days to go before the opening of World Expo 2010, Shanghai is gearing up enthusiastically for its final preparations to make a big impression on the world stage.

距2010世博会开幕还有45天，上海正在紧张积极地进行最后一项准备，力求给世界一个难以忘怀的印象。

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Kim Yun-hee, an Incheon city official who spent a week as a guide for the girls' choir, said they had given a favorable impression on stage and off.

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Wes is also game for a laugh and has tried his hand at unlikely activities including bingo-calling, doing a John Travolta impression on-stage at the New Theatre, trolleybus-driving and taking to the racetrack at 150mph at Silverstone... albeit with someone else at the controls!

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The former Commander in Chief received a standing ovation when he took the stage, and I got the impression that even the Clinton haters in the crowd had more or less forgiven him his peccadilloes in the mellowing time since he left office.

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